ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,913, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to THE TORO COMPANY (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Hydraulic pressure relief control system for utility vehicle" was invented by Stephen J. Sartori (Bloomington, Minn.), Adam J. Lorang (Lake Elmo, Minn.), Matthew B. Rens (Burnsville, Minn.) and Samuel S. Zayed (Bloomington, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility vehicle, control system, and method are described to allow relief of hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic system of the vehicle once the source of hydraulic pressure (e.g., pump) is de-energized. In some embodiments, a hydraulic control input is provided and operably coupled to the hydraulic ...